The plot is thickening for the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) censured Republicans for voting against the bank’s reauthorization and Airlines for America (A4A) filing a procedural step in its lawsuit to block an Ex-Im Bank deal for loan guarantees to Air India for Boeing aircraft.
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Delta offers nonstop service to eight Florida destinations from Detroit. A story in the April 6 issue of Aviation Daily, “Delta Tests Cheaper Fare Class In Handful Of Detroit Markets,” inadvertently omitted the word “Florida.”
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to require airlines to disclose fees for carry-on bags alongside fare quotes in customer searches—a proposal, conceivably, that the department could take up as part of a passenger rights notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) scheduled for August.
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The U.S. industry is using less fuel, data from Airlines For America (A4A) show. In 2011, the industry consumed 51.3 million gallons of jet fuel per day, compared with 55.3 million gallons per day in 2005. However, the price of jet fuel continues to rise, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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Lufthansa Technik (LHT), following a careful and slow expansion of its capabilities, can now handle three widebody completions simultaneously–ust in time for a peak in that market, said Walter Heerdt, senior VP-marketing and sales at the recent Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Shanghai. A Boeing 767-400 now being completed at LHT’s Hamburg facility will be joined by a 747-8, the first of that model, in September and another in December or January, Heerdt says.
Airbus soon could begin production of its first narrowbody for American Airlines, according to a request by the carrier for approval to make a multi-million-dollar pre-delivery payment. The airline in July 2011 unveiled a major fleet renewal plan that could add at least 550 and as many as 1,000 narrowbodies to its operations in the coming decade. In a then-surprising move, American split the order between Airbus and Boeing after years of relying on U.S. manufacturers to supply its single-aisle mainline aircraft. Fleet Renewal
The U.S. government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PGBC) believes AMR Corp. will be able to afford its recent decision to freeze, rather than terminate, its traditional pensions for non-pilot groups without additional cost to the airline.
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With the government already struggling to overcome technical and procedural hurdles to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civil airspace, the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are teaming up to make sure policy makers craft privacy rules for UAVs before they take flight. The two advocacy groups met last week to see where they have common ground.
Boeing delivered 99 737s and 20 777s in the first quarter, setting a pace that contributed to 137 commercial aircraft deliveries so far in 2012. The tally, which also included five 787s, six 747-8s and seven 767s, compares with104 commercial deliveries for the same period in 2011 and 108 in 2010, and reflects the first significant indications of Boeing’s rising production and delivery rates across the 737, 747-8, 777 and 787 lines.
Delta may benefit from financing from the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank), despite the carrier’s being involved in a lawsuit objecting to the bank’s financing foreign carriers purchase of Boeing aircraft.
The formation of a large multinational airspace block in Western Europe is being delayed because the stakeholders are still divided on critical issues, says Switzerland’s air traffic control provider. In its annual report for 2011, Skyguide reveals problems among the members of the functional airspace block (FAB) that will cover most of Western Europe. This is the biggest—and most important—of the nine FABs that are being formed as a key element of the Single European Sky process.
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San Miguel Corp. has confirmed that it has signed an agreement to buy a minority stake in Philippine Airlines (PAL), but it is declining to disclose the specifics.
